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JOURNAL BOX.

No. 558,262. Patented Apr. 14, 1896.

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UNITED STATES 'ATENT OFFICE.

HENRY M. DARLING, OF SENECA FALLS, NEV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE SENECAFALLS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE,

JOURNAL-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 558,262, dated April14, 1896. Application filed February 1,1896. Serial No. 577,694. (Nomodel.)

useful Improvements in J ournal-Boxes of.

which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,is a full, clear,

- and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in journal-boxes for shafts, andhas for its object the production of a device which is economical inmanufacture and is capable of a maximum degree of adjustment; and tothis end it consists, essentially, in the general construction andarrangement of the parts.

In describing this invention reference is had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification, in which like lettersindicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a top plan view, partly in section, of my invention, a shaftbeing shown as mounted in opposite journal-boxes. Fig. 2 is an outerface view of one of the detached j ournal-boxes and its support, theshaft being withdrawn and a portion of the outer clamping-piece beingbroken away. Fig. 3 is an isometric view of one of the detached sleevesfor supporting the shaft; and Fig. 4 is a Vertical section of a modifiedform of my journal-box, onerclamping-piece being shown as integral withthe sleeve.

It is well known that when shafts are mounted in journal-boxes carriedby separated supports, especially when said supports are formed of castmaterial, considerable expense and care are required to properly alinethe journal-boxes so that the shafts run true. My invention is designedfor use in connection with such separated supports liable to be more orless distorted and is of such construc tion that the necessaryadjustment may be secured to permit a shaft to run true even though thesupports for its journal-boxes are more or less out of alinement.

. A A represent suitable supports, and B a shaft mounted injournal-boxes,which are secured to the supports and preferably consistof partially-globular bearing-sleeves D and clamping-plates E E. Thesupports A A may be arranged upon any suitable frame A and are hereshown as inclined toward each other, although it is obvious that theymay be otherwise inclined or arranged parallel. Each support is formedwithan aperture a and openings a encircling said aperture. Thepartially-globular sleeves D receive the shaft B, are usually providedwith extensions d, and are arranged in the apertures a a, which aresufficiently large to permit said sleeves to freely adjust themselvestherein. The clamping-pieces E E, which support the sleeves D, arearranged on opposite sides of the supports A A and are. adjustablymovable vertically and laterally on the adjacent faces of the supportsfor permitting the necessary adjustment of said sleeves.

The clamping-pieces E E are held in their adjusted position by suitablemeans (here illustrated as bolts e) for drawing said c1amp ing-piecestogether and engaging their adjacent faces With theopposite sides of thesupports A A. The bolts 0 are passed through the openings a and are ofless diameter than said openings for permitting the adjustable movementof the clamping-pieces E E. I also preferably effect the securement ofthe clamping-pieces in their adjusted position by setscrews E'', whichare supported by said clamping-pieces and are engaged with the oppositefaces of the supports A A.

At Fig. 4 I have shown a slightly-modified construction of my invention,in which one of the clamping-pieces E is formed integral with thepartially-globular sleeve D but this is no material departure from myinvention.

The operation of my invention will now be readily perceived uponreference to the foregoing description and the accompanying drawings,and it will be particularly noted that journal-boxes of thisconstruction are self-alining even to a greater extent than isordinarily required and are particularly applicable for use insupporting shafts upon machines of various character-as, for instance,lathes, planers, drill-presses, &c.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of a support having an aperture, a partially-globularbearing-sleeve arranged in the aperture, a clamping-piece for supportingone end of the sleeve adjustably movable on the adj aeent face of thesupport, a second clamping-piece for supporting the opposite end of thesleeve adj ustably movable on the opposite face of the support andprovided with an aperture for receiving said sleeve, and means foradjusting the clampingpieces together, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

The combination of a support having an aperture, a partially-globularbearing-sleeve arranged in the aperture, a clamping-piece for supportingone end of the sleeve adjustably movable 011 the adjacent face of thesupport, a second clamping-piece for supporting the opposite end of thesleeve adj ustably movable on the opposite face of the support andprovided with an aperture for receiving said sleeve, bolts for adjustingthe clampingpieees together, and set-screws for holding theclamping-pieces in their adjusted position, substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

The combination of a support having an aperture and openings surroundingthe aperture, a partially-globular bearing-sleeve arranged in theaperture, a ela1nping-piece for supporting one end of the sleeveadjustably movable on the adjacent face of the support, a secondclamping-piece for supporting the opposite end of the sleeve adjustablymovable on the opposite face of the support and provided with anaperture for receiving said sleeve, and bolts passed through saidopenings and formed of less diameter than the same, said bolts beingengaged with the clamping-pieces for adjusting the same, substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination of a support having an aperture and openingssurrounding the aperture, a partially-globular bearing-sleeve arrangedin the aperture, a clamping-piece for supporting one end of the sleeveadjustably movable on the adjacent face of the support, a secondclamping-piece for supporting the opposite end of the sleeve adjust-ablymovable on the opposite face of the support, and provided with anaperture for receiving said sleeve, bolts passed through said openingsand formed of less diameter than the same, said bolts being engaged withthe clampingpieces for adjusting the same, and set-screws supported bythe clamping-pieces and engaged with the support for holding theclamping-pieces in their adjusted position, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name, in the presence oftwo attesting Witnesses, at Seneca Falls, in the county of Seneca, inthe State of New York, this th day of January, 1896.

HENRY M. DARLING.

Vitnesses:

CHARLES C. JoHNsoN, ADELBERT S. DAVIS.

